This Week at Zoe

HALLELUJAH NIGHT - Tuesday, 10/31/2017, at 6:30 PM, at the Philadelphia Sports Club facility, 1 Highpoint Drive, Chalfont, PA, 18914. We will be there from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM.  Please bring some snack foods to share. A head count is needed for all those joining in the Laser Tag. Contact Pastor Steve or Connie and let them know how many you have participating.

NO MIDWEEK SERVICE!

WORSHIP TEAM PRACTICE - Thursday, 11/2/2017, at 7:00 PM.

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE - Sunday, 11/5/2017, at 10:00 AM. This is Communion Sunday. 

Children's Church - 10:00 AM

End Times Class - Sunday, 11/5/2017, at 1:00 PM

Zoe Christian Fellowship is located at 1111 Easton Rd. (Route 611), in Warrington, PA. We look forward to meeting you!

Sunday Morning Series - Having Faith in Your Prayers - How Would You Pray?

Text:  Acts 23:11-24, Mark 5:25-34

The woman with the issue of blood had this problem for 12 years. If you have known a believer with a health problem that persisted for many years, have they asked you to pray for them? If so, how would you or have you prayed? Many times we pray and hope it does some good, instead of praying with faith knowing it will. How would you have prayed for this woman?

There's a difference between having faith IN God's Word and having faith FROM God's Word. In Acts 18:9-10, the Lord tells Paul to speak the Word because He had much people in that city. Therefore, no harm would befall him. Paul could not take the specific Word for that city and apply it to other places he was going. In fact, we see in Acts 22:17-18, God tells Paul to get out of another city. Paul had faith not only IN God's Word but also he was moved to action FROM God's Word.

In Acts 23:11, God told Paul three things:

1.  Be of good cheer
2.  As you have testified for me in Jerusalem
3.  So you must also bear witness at Rome.

Paul did not miss it going to Jerusalem. People sometimes teach he did because King Agrippa couldn't find any reason to hold Paul further, but because he appealed to Caesar he had no choice but to send him to  Rome. Paul had a Word from God and knew he had to go to  Rome, so he acted upon it.

To hear the entire message, please visit our website and click on the Listen Tab. You can listen online or download it to your MP3 player.

If you're visiting in the area or looking for a church home, we invite you to our Sunday Morning Service at 10:00 AM.  Zoe Christian Fellowship is located at 1111 Easton Rd., Route 611, in Warrington, PA. We look forward to meeting you!

Quotable Quotes

"Keep your heart right, even when it is sorely wounded." - J.C. Macaulay

This Week at Zoe

MIDWEEK SERVICE - Wednesday, 10/25/17, at 7:30 PM. Pastor Steve continues teaching on Hebrews.

 WORSHIP TEAM PRACTICE - Thursday, 10/26/17, at 7:00 PM

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE - Sunday, 10/29/17, at 10:00 AM.
Super Church (Kids) - 10:00 AM

Zoe Christian Fellowship is located at 1111 Easton Rd. (Route 611), in Warrington, PA. We hope you'll visit. We'd love to meet you!

Sunday Morning Series - Having Faith in Your Prayers - Ask of God

Text:  Matthew 20:20-28

When we ask God for something, we need to ask three questions:

1.  Does He have it to give?

2.  Is He willing or ready to give it?

3.  Do I qualify to receive what I'm requesting?

In our scripture passage, the mother of James and John approaches Jesus with a request. Where does she even get the idea to ask for a special position for her sons? In Matthew 19:16-30, Jesus tells the disciples they're going to sit on thrones. She asks Jesus to have them sit on His right and on His left. Notice, she doesn't pick who would be in each spot.

When we ask something of  God, we have to do more than  "have scripture for it." All too often even with a scripture or two we have failed to answer these three questions.

Jesus may as something of you (Verses 22-23)

1. He directs a question to the sons: Are you able to drink of the cup and be baptized with the baptism I'm going to have? They answer in the affirmative.

2. This is a qualifying question. How can they answer a question  they don't understand?

3. How often do we answer qualifying questions we don't understand?

4. If Jesus asks this question, wouldn't it make sense that it had something to do with who would sit on His right and left?

How does Jesus respond to their declaration? To hear the rest of this teaching, please visit our website and click on the Listen Tab. You can listen online, download it to your MP3 player or podcast.

If you're visiting in the area or looking for a church home, we invite you to our Sunday Morning Service at 10:00 AM. Super Church for the children also starts at 10:00 AM. We look forward to meeting you!

Quotable Quote

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." - Leonardo da Vinci

This Week at Zoe

MIDWEEK SERVICE - Wednesday, 10/18/17, at 7:30 PM. Pastor Steve will continue teaching on the Book of Hebrews.

WORSHIP TEAM PRACTICE - Thursday, 10/19/17, at 7:00 PM in the sanctuary.

 

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE - Sunday, 10/22/17, at 10:00 AM.

Super Church (Kids) -  10:00 AM

End Times Class - 1:00 PM

If you're visiting in the area or looking for a church home, we invite you to our Sunday Morning Service. Zoe Christian Fellowship is located at 1111 Easton Rd. (Route 611), in Warrington, PA. We look forward to meeting you!

Sunday Morning Series - Having Faith in Your Prayers - Is Favor Lacking?

Text:  2 Samuel 12:1-25

When was the last time one of your prayers wasn't answered? Today, we're looking at David's fervent prayer that didn't get the desired results.

We're jumping in the middle of this story. David has already had an affair with Uriah's wife and involved others in getting him killed in battle. God speaks to the prophet, Nathan, and sends him to  David. In going to David, Nathan is taking his life in his hands. The king can have him put to death.

Nathan tells David a story about two men. One is rich, and one is poor. The poor man has a ewe that is like a pampered pet. A stranger comes to visit  the rich man. Instead of taking a sheep from his flock, he takes the poor man's ewe, kills it, and serves it to his company.

David is outraged that anyone should do such a thing. His  anger shows there is still a passion for righteousness and justice. He pronounces judgment on the man. Nathan looks at him and declares, "You're the man."

God pronounces the sword would not depart from David's house. Bathsheba is referred to twice as Uriah's wife not his widow.

David says, "I have sinned." He doesn't try to hide it or make excuses. God warns David that he's  given occasion to the enemy by his action or sin. Sin opens the door to destruction. God tells him that the child Bathsheba is carrying will die.

The child is born, and scripture says, "The Lord struck the child." Is this God's judgment? The Hebrew mentality is: If God doesn't stop it, God did it.

David fasts and prays for the child in hopes God will change His mind. If God's Word doesn't give us assurance, we are wrong to get our hopes high. We can learn from David's approach. God told David the child would die, and it happened.

No matter what we may wish  to believe, sin has a price that cannot always be altered by favor. David wasn't listening to God in this matter, so God sent someone to confront him. Don't hope for something theWord doesn't  promise. Faithcomes from what we know through His Word.

To hear the entire message, please go to our website and click on the Listen Tab. You can listen online, download it to your MP3 player, of podcast.

If you're visiting in the area or looking for a church home, we invite you to our Sunday Morning Service at 10:00 AM. Children's Church also begins at 10:00 AM. Zoe Christian Fellowship is located at 1111 Easton Rd. (Route 611), in Warrington, PA.  We look forward to  meeting you!

Quotable Quotes

"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive;  but it is the lightening that does the work." - Mark Twain

This Week at Zoe

MIDWEEK SERVICE - On Wednesday, 10/11/17, at 7:30 PM, Pastor Steve will continue teaching the series on the book of Hebrews.

WORSHIP TEAM PRACTICE:  On Thursday, 10/12/17, at 7:00 PM, the Worship Team will meet in the sanctuary for practice.

SUNDAY SERVICE - On Sunday, 10/15/17, at 10:00 AM, we'll gather for our Sunday Morning Worship Service. Super Church for kids will also begin at 10:00 AM. 

Zoe Christian Fellowship is located at 1111 Easton Rd. (Route 611), in Warrington, PA. If you're visiting in the area or looking for a church home, we hope you'll stop by. We'd love to meet you.

Sunday Morning Series - Having Faith In Your Prayers - Our Presentation

Text:  Nehemiah 1 and 2

Nehemiah heard about the terrible conditions back in his homeland. He mourned many days and fasted and prayed. He asked God to grant him mercy in the sight of the king.

This man was the king's cupbearer - the guy who made sure no one was trying to poison the king's food. One day, the king notices Nehemiah isn't his usual cheerful self and questions him. Nehemiah is afraid because the king can throw him in prison or even kill him. After all, he's a captive in the land even though he has what we'd consider a good job.

He shares what's on his heart, and the king responds with kindness. He asks Nehemiah to make a request. Nehemiah is wise in how he phrases his request: "If it pleases the king and if I have found favor in your sight..." He goes on to request permission, time off, safe passage, and materials for the rebuilding of the wall. The king grants his requests and gives him even more.

Nehemiah kept the matter to himself. He didn't share what God had put on his heart to do. When it came to light, people laughed at him, made false accusations, and threatened him. Just because you have the favor of God doesn't mean you won't face opposition.

We've noted in past sessions that favor is something we grow into rather than something that's given to us. When we behave wisely, both God and man respond with favor. Here are five ways to walk in favor:

1.  Be joyful
2.  Be faithful
3.  Be humble
4.  Be thankful
5.  Be loving

To hear the entire message, please visit our website and click on the Listen Tab. You can listen online, download it to your MP3 player, or podcast.

If you're visiting in the area or looking for a church home, we invite you to our Sunday Morning Service.  Zoe Christian Fellowship is located at 1111 Easton Rd. (Route 611), in Warrington, PA.  We look forward to meeting you.